13-letter words containing d, o, t, l, e
- glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- golden wattle — a broad-leaved, Australian acacia, Acacia pycnantha, of the legume family, having short clusters of yellow flowers and yielding tanbark and a useful gum.
- goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- ground beetle — any of numerous nocturnal, terrestrial beetles of the family Carabidae that feed chiefly on other insects.
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- high old time — an enjoyable and exciting time
- hold the fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
- hold the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- hold together — not fall apart
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- hydroelectric — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- hydroxymethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical HO-CH2-.
- idealizations — Plural form of idealization.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- incidentaloma — an abnormal lesion or tumor detected by chance during a medical imaging test, physical examination, or surgery.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- intercondylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- intoxicatedly — In an intoxicated fashion; drunkenly.
- introvertedly — In an introverted manner.
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- jet-propelled — propelled by a jet engine or engines.
- l-d converter — a vessel in which steel is made from pig iron by blowing oxygen into the molten metal through a water-cooled tube
- lamaze method — a method by which an expectant mother is prepared for childbirth by education, psychological and physical conditioning, and breathing exercises.
- lancet window — a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.
- latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- leaded petrol — petrol containing tetraethyl lead in order to improve combustion
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- lepidocrocite — a ruby-red to reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, iron oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH), dimorphous with goethite: an ore of iron, used as a pigment.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- lepidopterist — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- leucodepleted — of or denoting blood from which the white cells have been removed